May 27, 2011

By Bob Englehart

By Bob Englehart

Bob Englehart

I'm not a big fan of the Connecticut Siting Council. They rammed super-hot high power lines deep into a quiet Middletown neighborhood right next to homes after a series of sham hearings. It was obvious they planned to do that even before the hearings started. They buried the power lines in parts of tony Fairfield County, of course, but Middlesex County was fair game for the unsightly towers.

The Siting Council took a straw poll and decided that Colebrook, being sparsely populated, would be a fine site for these ugly windmills. It's almost the same criteria authorities use for putting in a garbage dump. Pick a small town with very little power to fight back, and you can do what you want as long as the money crosses the right palms. Watch out little Union, the smallest town in Connecticut, you may be next. I'll tell you one place we'll never see these monstrosities. Greenwich.

Exhibit! Time's a-runnin' out! I can't believe it's been four months! Stop by the Mark Twain House and Museum to see my exhibit of original editorial cartoon art. "Drawing Fire: Bob Englehart's 30 years at TheCourant." It's free and will be up till Tuesday. For more information, call the Mark Twain House and Museum at 860-247-0998. As long as you're there, take a tour!

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